Study of the Stability of a Number of Molecular Impurities in Monosilane

Abstract

Chromatography-mass-spectrometry was used to examine the stability of admixtures of C₁−C₇ hydrocarbons, fluorine and chlorinated derivatives of hydrocarbons, alkyl derivatives of silane, homologs of monosilane, and siloxanes in monosilane in its storage in molybdenum-glass ampules and stainless-steel cylinders. It was found that, in the case of storage in glass ampules, the concentration of ethylene and tetrafluoroethylene admixtures decreases and that of ethyl silane and disilane increases. When monosilane is stored in a stainless steel cylinder, the concentration of the acetylene admixture it contains changes.